Malcomb vs Malachi

Side-by-side comparison of Malcomb and Malachi - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Malcomb

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Name B

Malachi

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Metric Malcomb Malachi
Current Rank Unranked #149
Total Births (all years) 105 65,758
Peak Year 1965 2006
Peak Year Births 13 2,776
Peak Decade 1960s 2010s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1917 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Malcomb Malachi
1880s - 58
1890s - 30
1900s - 51
1910s 18 156
1920s 7 185
1930s 5 172
1940s 12 183
1950s 7 155
1960s 19 108
1970s 19 390
1980s 6 746
1990s 12 3,525
2000s - 20,780
2010s - 24,588
2020s - 14,631

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Malcomb Malachi
2014 - 2,400
2015 - 2,602
2016 - 2,634
2017 - 2,549
2018 - 2,514
2019 - 2,454
2020 - 2,402
2021 - 2,324
2022 - 2,307
2023 - 2,482
2024 - 2,424
2025 - 2,692

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1917–1998.

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